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Structure/Function Analyses Of Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, Wayne Peter Bocchinfuso
Structure/Function Analyses Of Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, Wayne Peter Bocchinfuso
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a homodimeric glycoprotein that transports sex steroids in the blood and extravascular fluids, such as seminiferous tubule fluid, where it is often referred to as androgen-binding protein (ABP). A cDNA for the human SHBG precursor polypeptide was expressed in mammalian cell lines. Recombinant human SHBG bound steroids with the same affinity and specificity as natural SHBG, and was immunologically indistinguishable from its natural counterpart. Site-directed mutagenesis of the SHBG cDNA was used to introduce amino acid substitutions that selectively removed glycosylation sites from SHBG. Analysis of these glycosylation mutants demonstrated that carbohydrates are not involved …
Reactions Of Group 14-Halide Bonds With Dimethylplatinum(Ii) Complexes, Christopher James Levy
Reactions Of Group 14-Halide Bonds With Dimethylplatinum(Ii) Complexes, Christopher James Levy
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The oxidative addition of E-X bonds (E = Si, Ge, Sn; X = halide) to {dollar}\lbrack\rm PtMe\sb2(diimine)\rbrack{dollar} yields a number of new Pt(IV) complexes containing Pt-E linkages. The complexes {dollar}\lbrack\rm PtXMe\sb2(Me\sb3Si)(diimine)\rbrack{dollar} (X = Br, I) are the first well-characterized examples of Pt(IV)-silyl species. The X-ray structure of {dollar}\lbrack\rm PtIMe\sb2(Me\sb3Si)(bipy)\rbrack{dollar} shows the longest single Pt-I bond reported, and demonstrates the very strong trans influence of the {dollar}\rm Me\sb3Si{dollar} ligand. The X-ray structure of {dollar}\lbrack\rm PtIMe\sb2(Me\sb3Sn)(bipy{dollar}-{dollar}\sp{lcub}t{rcub}\rm bu\sb2)\rbrack{lcub}\cdot{rcub}0.5Me\sb3SnI{lcub}\cdot{rcub}CH\sb2Cl\sb2{dollar} reveals a five coordinate {dollar}\rm Me\sb3SnI{dollar} unit with a novel {dollar}\rm I\cdot\cdot\cdot Sn{dollar}-I interaction.;Many of the Pt-Sn systems studied involve the rapid reversible oxidative addition …
3d Computer Modeling Of Human Mandible Motion With Application To Human Facial Motion, Yuan Wang
3d Computer Modeling Of Human Mandible Motion With Application To Human Facial Motion, Yuan Wang
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Computer facial modeling and animation has been an interest of computer graphics researchers for many years. This is not only because the face itself is an interesting object, but also because facial animation finds application in many other disciplines (for example, entertainment, medical education, telecommunication, psychology, medicine, and linguistics). Because the mandible motion plays a major role in modeling facial motion, its study is of significance to each of those disciplines as well. In addition, the mandible itself is an object of study in the area of clinical science.;Current facial movement models in computer animation have difficulty dealing with facial …
Dynamics And Thermodynamics Of The Quasi-Two Dimensional Magnetic Systems, Igor V. Rojdestvenski
Dynamics And Thermodynamics Of The Quasi-Two Dimensional Magnetic Systems, Igor V. Rojdestvenski
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In recent years a considerable research effort has been put into the understanding of the physical properties of quasi-two-dimensional magnetic systems. Theoretical investigations help to explain many current experimental results. The aim of this thesis is to study dynamic and critical properties of certain quasi-two-dimensional magnetic systems.;In the first part of the thesis (Chapters 2 and 3) the Handscomb Monte-Carlo method is applied to investigate the critical behavior of the S = {dollar}1\over 2{dollar} Heisenberg ferromagnetic film with the number of monolayers L {dollar}\le{dollar} 3. We confirm the renormalization group results for the two-dimensional model for a wide range of …
Compositional Analysis Of Gate Dielectric Films, Hongtao Tang
Compositional Analysis Of Gate Dielectric Films, Hongtao Tang
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Oxynitride has recently drawn attention as a candidate gate dielectric material for deep sub-micron devices, e.g. MOSFET's. Since the oxide growth rates in pure oxygen are high, efforts to scale down device dimensions with high quality ultrathin ({dollar}<{dollar}100A) SiO{dollar}\sb2{dollar} films are encountering some difficulties. Recently, it has been found that oxynitride films fabricated directly by a N{dollar}\sb2{dollar}O-rapid thermal processing method exhibit improved electrical properties compared to SiO{dollar}\sb2{dollar} films. Structural analysis for such oxynitride films is necessary in order to understand the physical reasons behind the observed improvements.;Nuclear reaction analysis combined with a chemical step-etching method was performed to depth profile nitrogen quantitatively in N{dollar}\sb2{dollar}O-RTP grown oxynitride films. The oxynitride dielectric composition dependence on growth conditions in a rapid thermal processing system was also investigated by nuclear reaction analysis. It is found that most N in the oxynitride films accumulates in a region close to the interface (less than 25 A from the interface in the oxynitride). Both N concentration and film thickness increase with temperature. Furthermore, a UHV initial growth study of oxynitride films on a Si(100) substrate was carried out by nuclear reaction analysis and Auger electron spectroscopy. The results clearly confirm that the nitrogen involvement occurs primarily before an oxynitride film thickness of {dollar}\sim{dollar}25 A is developed, and the subsequent film growth is dominated by oxidation. For the first time, it is found that there is a special growth period at the very beginning during which nitridation (with no simultaneous oxidation) dominates the growth process. It is speculated that the phenomenon results from a competition between reactions of Si with O and N. The dependence of film growth on temperature is such that below 950{dollar}\sp\circ{dollar}C, there is little nitrogen incorporated in the oxide film.
An Investigation Of Value Accessibility And Its Role In The Value-Attitude Relationship, Rae Sidney Gilchrist
An Investigation Of Value Accessibility And Its Role In The Value-Attitude Relationship, Rae Sidney Gilchrist
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The primary thesis of this research is that values can causally influence attitudes, and that one mechanism of that influence involves value accessibility, or the ease with which values can be accessed from memory. Three studies are reported that address questions concerning the nature of value accessibility and its role in the value-attitude relationship.;A significant positive relationship was found to exist between the importance people ascribe to various values and the speed with which they can indicate the perceived importance of these values. This was interpreted to mean that response latencies constitute a valid measure of value accessibility.;It was further …
Theory Of Spin Waves In Heisenberg Ferromagnetic And Antiferromagnetic Thin Films With Nonuniaxial Single-Ion Anisotropy, Paula R. Heron
Theory Of Spin Waves In Heisenberg Ferromagnetic And Antiferromagnetic Thin Films With Nonuniaxial Single-Ion Anisotropy, Paula R. Heron
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This thesis describes the microscopic, quantum mechanical theory of exchange-dominated spin waves in Heisenberg ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic thin films including the effects of nonuniaxial single-ion anisotropy. The results constitute a generalization of previous theoretical studies on spin waves in thin films with uniaxial anisotropy and in semi-infinite ferromagnets with nonuniaxial anisotropy.;A spin Hamiltonian containing nearest-neighbour exchange terms, Zeeman terms, and single-ion anisotropy terms is used. The films may be asymmetric with respect to surface exchange and anisotropy parameters which are also assured to be perturbed from the bulk values. The results apply both to cases in which the nonuniaxial anisotropy …
"Two Kinds Of Geography": Complicity And Resistance In Canadian Pioneer Literature, Gillian Heather Siddall
"Two Kinds Of Geography": Complicity And Resistance In Canadian Pioneer Literature, Gillian Heather Siddall
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The purpose of this thesis is to consider the Canadian wilderness as an actual and a mythological site for discursive change. Part One analyses five pioneer journal/handbooks, and Part Two examines four contemporary texts which focus on the pioneer experience.;Chapters One to Three explore the extent to which the disruption of their political and social assumptions caused the female pioneers to explore alternative constructions of gender. These chapters illustrate that the women do indeed see the potential in the wilderness for redefining themselves, for shifting away from the restrictive nineteenth-century construction of women. This shift comes in part from their …
Electronic Structure Of Gold-Silver Bimetallics, Arthur Bzowski
Electronic Structure Of Gold-Silver Bimetallics, Arthur Bzowski
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The main thrust of this thesis concerns studies of the electronic structure of Au-Ag bimetallic materials, both in bulk alloys and in metallic overlayers on Ru(001). First, a series of bulk Au-Ag alloys: Au{dollar}\rm\sb{lcub}0.75{rcub}Ag\sb{lcub}0.25{rcub},\ Au\sb{lcub}0.67{rcub}Ag\sb{lcub}0.33{rcub},\ Au\sb{lcub}0.50{rcub}Ag\sb{lcub}0.50{rcub},\ Au\sb{lcub}0.25{rcub}Ag\sb{lcub}0.95{rcub},\ and\ Au\sb{lcub}0.05{rcub}Ag\sb{lcub}0.95{rcub}{dollar} has been studied using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES). It is found that in alloys with {dollar}>{dollar}50% atomic Au, the alloy d-band width narrows little relative to that of pure Au; however at 50% (and less) atomic Au concentration, the widths of the Au-Ag alloy d-band are much smaller than that …
Synchronization Expressions In Parallel Programming Languages, Lifu Guo
Synchronization Expressions In Parallel Programming Languages, Lifu Guo
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In this thesis, we first review current trends in the areas related to parallel programming languages. By reviewing data-parallel and control-parallel paradigms, parallelizing compilers and parallel programming languages, we demonstrate the necessity of developing high-level parallel programming languages.;Synchronization is an essential part of parallel processing. However, many synchronization mechanisms currently used in parallel programming languages are at too low a level to be compatible with the other constructs of high-level languages. We propose and develop new constructs for synchronization termed "synchronization expressions". These new constructs relieve programmers of the burden of imposing synchronization, requiring them only to specify the necessary …
Structural Basis For Human Anti-Dna Antibody Specificity, Mahmoud Mahmoudi
Structural Basis For Human Anti-Dna Antibody Specificity, Mahmoud Mahmoudi
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Anti-DNA antibodies are hallmarks of SLE both in human and inbred lupus prone mice. The role of these antibodies in disease pathogenesis, particularly in glomerulonephritis has been documented. It is now well accepted that the genetic potential to generate anti-DNA antibodies also exists in the normal B cell immune repertoire. This genetic potential has been revealed by detection of anti-DNA antibodies in serum of normal individuals and by immortalizing DNA reactive B cells as hybridomas and as transformed cell lines. There is growing evidence that anti-DNA antibodies from the normal B cell repertoire and disease-associated anti-DNA antibodies share V region …
The Victorian Prima Donna In Literature And The Ghosts Of Opera Past, Grace Lynn Kehler
The Victorian Prima Donna In Literature And The Ghosts Of Opera Past, Grace Lynn Kehler
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This dissertation explores the non-disjunction between eighteenth-century discourses on the early opera and the castrato and nineteenth-century discourses on the prima donna. Early opera was predicated on a series of fissures, particularly those between ideal and popular art, between a transcendent voice and a mutilated body, and between the supernatural and the unnatural. Officially, these fissures served to demarcate oppositions, but opera, from its inception, was drawn to transgression, and the fissures were crossed and recrossed, alternately endowing the castrato with transcendence and abjection. Paradoxically, then, one of the pivotal concepts in the construction of the castrato is the immanence …
Ferrous Scrap Disposition Strategies: An Analytical Model Of Residual Disposal, Patrick Fraser Johnson
Ferrous Scrap Disposition Strategies: An Analytical Model Of Residual Disposal, Patrick Fraser Johnson
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Firms which generate ferrous scrap as a by-product of their manufacturing process ("generators") need to decide how to dispose of their scrap; their options include selling to steel mills, foundries or ferrous scrap processing companies ("processors"). The primary focus of this thesis is an examination of the alternative strategies available to generators.;An analytical framework was tested at twelve sites, with data collection and analysis guided by three research questions and eleven propositions. A range of variables was identified as influencing ferrous scrap disposal strategies which were classified as either drivers, moderators or outcomes; trade-offs among these variables defined the disposal …
Characterization Of Fungal Fimbriae, Martina Celerin
Characterization Of Fungal Fimbriae, Martina Celerin
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Fungal fimbriae are surface appendages that were first described by Poon and Day (1974) on the haploid cells of Microbotryum violaceum. They are long (1 to 20 {dollar}\mu{dollar}m), narrow (7 nm) flexuous fibres that were implicated in important cellular functions such as mating and pathogenesis. Since this initial description, numerous other fungi from all five phyla have been shown to produce fimbriae on their extracellular surfaces. Because they are easy to purify, the fimbriae from M. violaceum have been investigated most extensively. The present study extends the earlier characterizations of M. violaceum fimbriae, and expands on the biochemical description of …
A Logic For Object-Oriented Databases, Machmudin Junus
A Logic For Object-Oriented Databases, Machmudin Junus
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When E. F. Codd {dollar}\lbrack{dollar}Codd70{dollar}\rbrack{dollar} designed relational databases, he made use of mathematical logic concerning Predicate Calculus. However, when object-oriented databases were designed, there was no such support from any established mathematical logic.;In this thesis, we present a logic suitable for reasoning about object-oriented database systems. This logic is the result of the modification of F-logic {dollar}\lbrack{dollar}KifLa89, KifLaWu90{dollar}\rbrack.{dollar} The main difference between our proposed logic and F-logic, is the way our logic treats class objects and instance objects.;Our designed logic has the ability to represent: object identities, attributes, methods, classes, class hierarchies and inheritance. Similar to F-logic, the designed logic …
Prenatal Risk Factors For Neurological Abnormalities In The Term And Near Term Neonate, Kathleen Owen O'Connor
Prenatal Risk Factors For Neurological Abnormalities In The Term And Near Term Neonate, Kathleen Owen O'Connor
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An abnormal neurological examination in the neonatal hospital stay may indicate a transient or permanent neurological disturbance. Abnormal neurological symptoms therefore place an infant at increased risk for subsequent neurological problems.;This case-control study was designed to investigate prenatal and perinatal risk factors for an abnormal neurological examination in the term infant. Infants were born between 1 January, 1988 and 30 June, 1990. The sample consisted of 222 neonates with neurological abnormalities and 666 controls who were free of such problems. Data on the prenatal histories of their mothers, course of the pregnancy, intrapartum events and status of the infant after …
Evaluation Of Doppler Ultrasound Velocity And Flow Measurements, Daniel William Rickey
Evaluation Of Doppler Ultrasound Velocity And Flow Measurements, Daniel William Rickey
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Doppler ultrasound instruments have been used clinically for about 30 years and have proved to be highly reliable for the detection of arterial disease. In addition, a number of different Doppler instrument designs and techniques have been proposed to provide quantitative measurements such as volume blood flow, percent stenosis, and waveform indices. Before any measurement technique can be used, it must be validated.;We chose a two-pronged approach to the problem of evaluating Doppler ultrasound measurements of blood flow. We first developed a flow system that mimics the vasculature. The flow system comprises a computer-controlled pump, blood mimic, and a wall-less …
Image Correlation Spectroscopy: Development And Application To Studies Of Pdgf Receptor Distributions, Paul William Wiseman
Image Correlation Spectroscopy: Development And Application To Studies Of Pdgf Receptor Distributions, Paul William Wiseman
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Aggregation of macromolecular plasma membrane receptors following ligand binding is hypothesized to be the initial step in signal transduction in cellular systems. Quantitative measurement of receptor distributions on cell surfaces is integral for elucidating the complicated mechanisms involved in transduction of chemical signals across the cells membrane. Scanning fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (S-FCS) has been used successfully to perform quantitative measurements of receptor densities and aggregate sizes. However, these measurements take a great deal of time, and require specialized equipment to implement. Here, image correlation spectroscopy (ICS) is introduced as a novel extension of scanning fluorescence correlation spectroscopy that improves on …
Sustainability And Canada's National Parks: Suitability For Policy, Planning And Management, Stephen William Boyd
Sustainability And Canada's National Parks: Suitability For Policy, Planning And Management, Stephen William Boyd
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As a term, sustainability has often come to be adopted as the 'panacea' for many problems without any clear understanding that the solutions will vary given the nature of the problem, the scale involved and the goals and objectives set out. As a result, what has emerged in the literature has been many different 'pictures' of sustainability, all of which may be relevant in certain contexts. This research examined the potential of the concept within the context of Canadian national parks. Emphasis was directed toward understanding, through the perceptions of 'expert' groups knowledgeable about parks, the key elements needed to …
Dietary Intake And Health Status Of Immigrants And Non-Immigrants In Ontario And Quebec, Joceline Pomerleau
Dietary Intake And Health Status Of Immigrants And Non-Immigrants In Ontario And Quebec, Joceline Pomerleau
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Introduction: Dietary intake and health status of immigrants to various countries are often different from those of non-immigrants living in these countries. Because the diversity of the immigrants and ethnic minorities in Canada is increasing, the association of place of birth with nutrition and health among Canadians needs to be investigated.;Methods: Cross-sectional data from the 1990 Ontario Health Survey (OHS) and the 1990 Quebec Heart Health and Nutrition Survey (QHHNS) were used. A selection of nutritional (dietary, anthropometric, knowledge variables) and health (health problems, lipidemia, consultations with health professionals, cut-down/bed-days, self-perceived health) outcomes were examined among adult respondents (OHS: n …
Homo- And Hetero-Nuclear Clusters Of Platinum And Rhenium, Leijun Hao
Homo- And Hetero-Nuclear Clusters Of Platinum And Rhenium, Leijun Hao
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A Programming Model For Optimism, Crispin Cowan
A Programming Model For Optimism, Crispin Cowan
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Technological advances are increasing the throughput of most aspects of computing systems. However, latency is being held back by the speed of light, particularly in distributed systems. Optimistic algorithms that "guess" the results of operations and proceed in parallel with confirmation of the guess are an effective way to hide the latency of slow operations with predictable outcomes. Optimism is used in concurrency control and distributed simulation systems, but is not generally used. Optimistic algorithms are difficult to write because of the necessity for checkpointing, rollback, and dependency tracking. This thesis presents a set of primitives called HOPE that simplifies …
Late Ordovician And Early Silurian Strophomenid Brachiopods From Anticosti Island, Quebec, Keith Dewing
Late Ordovician And Early Silurian Strophomenid Brachiopods From Anticosti Island, Quebec, Keith Dewing
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Thirty-three species of strophomenid brachiopods, seven of them new, belonging to 23 genera are used to establish six biozones on Anticosti Island, two in the Vaureal Formation, one in the Ellis Bay Formation, a barren zone through much of the Becscie Formation, a biozone encompassing the uppermost Becscie Formation, Merrimack and Gun River formations, and one in each of the Jupiter and Chicotte formations. These faunas fall into two biogeographic assemblages. Species present in the Vaureal Formation are part of a high-diversity fauna endemic to North America. Species in the Ellis Bay to Chicotte formations are found only on Anticosti, …
Intramolecular Aldol Condensation Reactions And Transacetalization Equilibria, Junan Guo
Intramolecular Aldol Condensation Reactions And Transacetalization Equilibria, Junan Guo
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Part I. Intramolecular aldol condensation reactions. The detailed kinetics and equilibrium for the intramolecular aldol condensation reaction of 2,5-hexanedione, 2, 6-heptanedione, 1-phenyl-1, 5-hexanedione and 5-oxohexanal were studied and correlated in terms of Marcus theory. All the reactions, with the readily explained exception of the intramolecular aldol addition of 5-oxohexanal, gave us approximately constant intrinsic barriers: 14.49 {dollar}\pm{dollar} 0.82 kcal/mol for the intramolecular aldol addition step and 13.99 {dollar}\pm{dollar} 0.74 kcal/mol for the subsequent dehydration step, which are also in excellent agreement with the intrinsic barriers found for intermolecular aldol condensation reactions.{dollar}\sp{lcub}16{rcub}{dollar} This means that Marcus theory is applicable to intramolecular …
Using The Quantum Mechanical Path Integral In Quantum Field Theory, Siu Kwan Wong
Using The Quantum Mechanical Path Integral In Quantum Field Theory, Siu Kwan Wong
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Matrix elements of the form {dollar}\langle x\vert\exp({lcub}-{rcub}iHt)\vert y\rangle{dollar} arise when operator regularization, a symmetry-preserving regulating procedure that avoids explicit occurrence of divergences, is employed to do perturbative calculations in quantum field theory. In recent years, it is shown that this matrix element can be evaluated using a path integral encountered in single particle quantum mechanics. This technique has the advantage of eliminating loop momentum integrals and algebraically complicated vertices in gauge theories. We develop this technique to handle various problems. Our approach is similar to but distinct from the one of Polyakov and Strassler which is related to the string …
The Growth And Magnetic Properties Of Metal Overlayer Systems: Palladium/Copper(100), Iron/Aluminum(100) And Iron/Sulfur/Gallium Arsenide(100), Geoffrey William Anderson
The Growth And Magnetic Properties Of Metal Overlayer Systems: Palladium/Copper(100), Iron/Aluminum(100) And Iron/Sulfur/Gallium Arsenide(100), Geoffrey William Anderson
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Epitaxial growth of a metal overlayer on an appropriate substrate can be utilized to create systems which exhibit unique chemical and magnetic properties. This thesis will outline the investigation of three metal overlayer systems: Pd/Cu(100), Fe/Al(100) and Fe/S/GaAs(100). In the Pd/Cu(100) system the growth and evolution of defects were examined using re-emitted positron spectroscopy. Two changes in growth mode were observed: at 0.5 monolayer (representing the completion of the first alloy layer) and 1 monolayer Pd coverages (representing the start of bulk Pd growth). The bulk Pd film was observed to contain 1% vacancy-type defects. In the Fe/Al(100) system the …
La Voix Enfantine De L'Apres-60: Refus Du Double Normatif, Recherche Du Double Marginal, Marie-Diane Tuyet-Mai Clarke
La Voix Enfantine De L'Apres-60: Refus Du Double Normatif, Recherche Du Double Marginal, Marie-Diane Tuyet-Mai Clarke
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Notre these vise a examiner les romans de l'enfance de l'apres-60, de France et du Quebec, qui representent la dialectique enfant/adulte, et parallelement celle qui oppose le personnel et le social, le marginal et l'ideologie dominante. Les ouvrages qui font plus precisement l'objet de cette etude sont ceux ou le conflit vecu par un narrateur enfant est inscrit dans la trame thematique et structurelle du texte, qui sont tout entiers paradigmes d'une impossibilite relationnelle. Ils mettent en scene un affrontement entre le regard despotique de l'autre et les tentatives de recuperation de soi, entre les paroles mensongeres de l'adulte et …
Commitment And Utopia: A Liberation Theology Approach To John Dos Passos, Flannery O'Connor, And Thomas Pynchon, James William Horton
Commitment And Utopia: A Liberation Theology Approach To John Dos Passos, Flannery O'Connor, And Thomas Pynchon, James William Horton
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My intent in this work is to see what consequences can be derived from looking from the perspective of Christianity (especially, liberation theology) at three very different writers: John Dos Passos, Flannery O'Connor, and Thomas Pynchon. Having taken this stance, I will be viewing one major work of each of these three writers as work which deals with the nature of human commitment and its relationship to a stated or implied utopia. My intention is to perform a religious and ideological reading of the three authors, and to see what the implications are of liberation theology for literature in an …
Contextualism And Nonlocality In Quantum Mechanics, Michael William Kernaghan
Contextualism And Nonlocality In Quantum Mechanics, Michael William Kernaghan
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I describe the conceptual problems associated with the Kochen-Specker theorem including the presuppositions of the theorem and plausible interpretations of the conclusions motivated by the theorem. I describe an idealized quantum system which demonstrates both the Kochen-Specker theorem and the Bell argument for nonlocality. I present new findings about the mathematical structures which support a proof of the Kochen-Specker theorem.
Canada's Multinationals: A Study In Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Stephen Paul Meyer
Canada's Multinationals: A Study In Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Stephen Paul Meyer
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Regarding the foreign direct investment (FDI) situation in Canada, most of the attention has historically been centred on incoming rather than outgoing controlling capital. Yet, the activities of Canada-based multinational enterprises (MNEs) have fostered an impressive outflow of direct investment abroad to foreign localities.;To appreciate the importance of Canada's MNEs, it is compulsory to understand the spatial and functional characteristics of Canadian parent companies and their foreign direct investments. To realize this goal, a sizeable sample of over 20,000 examples of Canadian FDI (at various points in time) has been retrieved and subsequently agglomerated into a data set. From there, …